‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

New York City's democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, posted a video shredding papers labeled with municipal red tape. According to The Guardian, the papers included a permit required just to serve ice cream. City officials and small business owners joined in, tossing the shreds into the air like confetti, set to Wu Tang Clan. The symbolic gesture is part of Mamdani's sweeping deregulation initiative, and it's delighting New York's small business community.

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